2:3

daerah(TB)/negeri(TL) <04082> [in all the provinces.]

mengumpulkan(TB)/dihimpunkannya(TL) <06908> [that they may gather.]

This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.

pengawasan(TB)/perintah(TL) <03027> [the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.]

[Hegai. the king's chamberlain.]

{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.

wangi-wangian(TB)/perlulutannya(TL) <08562> [their things.]

2:8

Hegai ............. Hegai(TB)/Hejai ............. Hejai(TL) <01896> [Hegai.]

One of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., instead of Hegai has Heg‚, as in ver. 3.

2:8

benteng Susan,

Neh 1:1; Est 1:2; Dan 8:2 [Semua]